Lunar Eclipse 28 November 2012

On 28 November 2012, there will be a penumbral lunar eclipse. This eclipse belongs to Saros series nr. 145, which was born on 11 August 1832. The graphic below shows the visibility of the lunar eclipse (via Wikimedia*)

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Astrologically speaking, the Moon will be in 06°46’ Gemini, opposing the Sun in 06°46’ Sagittarius. The eclipsed Moon will be conjunct Jupiter and conjunct the Hyades. Furthermore Cauda Draconis, the Moon’s south node, will be conjunct fixed star Algol.

The chart below, cast for Budapest, shows the event.

William Lilly tells us in his pamphlet on the judgment of the effects of solar and lunar eclipses:

“For when the place Eclipsed, or Eclipse itself, shall be in the Ascendant, the effects shall then begin in the 1, 2, 3, and 4. moneth next after the appearance of the Eclips, …”

To find out about the possible effects of this eclipse, we can turn to William Lilly again. He writes in his Annus Tenebrosus, or The Dark Year about a lunar eclipse with the Moon in the first Face of Gemini:

“it threatens Incursions and Rapines of enemies: fraudulent Negotiations, many Treatyes, violent Petitions, many Missives, and much employment of Scribes and Secretaries.”

A look at the map, showing the eclipse’s path of angularity, reveals that the Moon is close to the Ascendant during the eclipse in the centre of Europe, particularly in parts of Poland, but as well Hungary, Rumania and Turkey. Immediate effects of the eclipse can be expected in these parts of the world.

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Jupiter is conjunct Moon and ruler of the first Face of Gemini and is therefore of major importance, playing a key role at the time of the lunar eclipse. The map shows that his line of angularity leads through Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, suggesting immediate effects of the lunar eclipse there as well. Jupiter will be retrograde, peregrine and essentially debilitated by detriment. In its debilitated state, Jupiter can represent fraudulent actions, ignorance and carelessness, but also hypercritical religiosity.

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From the eclipse chart above, we can see that the Moon in Gemini is conjunct a cluster of stars, the Hyades. These are called “rainy stars”. They are thought to be the nymphs who wept over their brother Hyas, killed by a boar. The Hyades are associated with licentiousness, greediness and the lust for power. Diana Rosenberg writes in her Secrets of the Ancient Skies** that

The Moon’s south node, also known as Cauda Draconis, will be conjunct fixed star Algol, the Demon Star. Lilly says about the effect of Cauda Draconis:

“For the Tayle of the Dragon, I always in my practise found when he was joyned with the evil Planets; their malice or the evil intended thereby was doubled and trebled, or extreamly augmented, &c.” (CA p83)

Algol marks Medusa’s severed head and has a reputation for violence and extreme danger. According to Diana Rosenberg, Manly Palmer Hall called Algol

For readers, interested in the personal implications of this eclipse, it might be of interest what William Lilly has to say:

“… Eclipse is more dangerous or pernitious which shall be in the Horoscope or Ascendant of the birth; or which shall be in the degree Ascending in an Annuall Revolution: it portends unto the Native some ominous and mischievous action as unto his body and also in his vital substance.”

And further on:

“… who had in the Radix of his Nativity either the Sun or the Moon in that degree, or in the degree opposite … or in the like degrees … which signs are in Quadrate aspects to the former, or if the degree Culminating in any man’s Nativity was either [the degree of the eclipse or its opposite or square] or within one degree therof, the native did suffer more or less by the influence of this Eclips; according to the signification of the House of Heaven, wherein the Sun or the Moon was in at the Birth, and was either well fortified or aspected of the benevolent Planets, or ill aspected, or afflicted of the Malevolents.”

For this particular lunar eclipse that means that people with Gemini rising, either in their birth chart or in their Solar return chart for 2012, will feel the influence stronger than others. Furthermore it should be noted if natal Sun or Moon are conjunct the eclipse point. If it should be the case that one or even more of these factors apply, an in-depth reading of the native’s charts may be necessary to find out which particular areas of life are likely to be affected the most.

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UPDATE: An extreme example of the effect the 1648 lunar eclipse had on a king, see my blog post:

So, I have an exboyfreind who has often enquired of me about his horoscope. I have written it for him several times. He was a staff sergent in the 82nd Airborne during 2008-09, but didnt see any action, surprisingly, even though he was in the division of the Feild Artillery that was guarding convoys. I was all the more surprised he didnt see action, when I read the horoscope!

I did it by the fixed stars, also and when you do that, the result is really fascinating. His birthday is May 17 1985 and he was born at 5:34 pm (he said), in Attlboro, Mass. So if you look at the chart, his Natal Sun is almost dead conjunct Algol. Hes got Saturn in Scorpio, so this next revolution of Saturn will be a “saturn return” and a bit unfortunate. Saturn is directly opposite the Sun (!) and in the ascendant! Surprisingly, many of his planets are conjunct fixed stars within a 3 degree orb.

This passage of Saturn into Scorpio as been seriously freaking me out for months. I can only imagine how it will effect him, based on the additional effects of the eclipse! I often find myself giving him astrological advice–lol

About what. My mom has saturn in scorpio, ability to love greatly or hate bitterly and my ex boy f. has saturn opposing sun and they feel denied doing what they want and he DOES what he wants if he can. Maybe took awhile to grow up but does well $ now. Mom’s 88 and has lived mostly in the smokey blue of her light and a hard life. Pulled her own weight. He’s young, it’s later that can bring a bad bitter harvest if he doesn’t play his cards right, right? Fixed signs are decisive but what I am discovering now is what happens if a Leo wants to overrule Scorpio’s, taura’s, Aquarius’s decisions esp. family?! Best answer grow and then grow some more……..

gemini sun at 3 deg…I am hoping that this eclipse won’t be as devastating as your article sounds. I am already stressed too much with financial problems….I hope nothing more comes in to pull the rug right out from under me….but, as this eclipse is conjunct my sun and is opposite my midheaven at 1 deg 20 min Sag, I am truly worried.

I’ve got Uranus at 8 degrees asc gemini and tauras sun at 23 tauras and my son at 24 tauras sun so so so what’d you say. My male friend was shouting loudly at me from the back seat of the car so I got him to drive and then shouted loudly at him abit. He was overly excitable cause he had his brother out to the Ft. once in 10 yrs and I was excitable cause I got a new car from the male friend.
But I checked out algol awhile ago and found my 1st female school friend in the 60’s and my first boy friend had venus and saturn respectively on algol while my sun’s close by. It’s like like attracts like. We’re all learning this now in later life. The saturn person had a long marriage and career and family, the venus person suffered greatly as did I. Waking up now. Can see why mom was upset. So the saturn algol person is getting the backlash now as it sets in how that period affected my whole life. Later I got into yoga. That helped a lot. Tauras liked that healthy kick. Helped with the failures and understanding, self love and feeling good. Took awhile.